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Nancy Pelosi says we are on the verge of making history for the American people. Obama says he’s not transforming one-sixth of the economy all in one fell swoop. John Boehner says Obama’s health care bill will ruin our country.

Tomorrow, all of America will be watching as the largest change in U.S. social policy since the Great Depression comes to a head.

The year-long battle of President Obama to confiscate the American health care industry comes down to 216 votes on Capitol Hill tomorrow. Three big Obamacare votes are possible:

1. The first vote brings the “fix-it” bill to the floor of the House.
2. The second vote is on the bill.
3. The final vote would then be on the Senate bill itself.

If the final bill passes, the Senate will take it up next week.

The latest news on possible health-care-corruption votes are 217 leaning FOR and 214 leaning AGAINST.

In the meantime, Nancy Pelosi revealed today that she will not make any concessions on restricting tax-payer funded abortions in the final health care bill which may have been why Rep Bart Stupak (D-MI) cancelled his 11:00 AM press conference today. The ‘Stupak Dozen’ is roughly now a half-dozen holding out against the bill.

The Rules Committee ruled this morning that the Slaughter strategy of ‘deem and pass’ will not be used. Republicans have called for an actual roll call vote of ‘ayes and nays’ which most likely won’t happen.

Surprise! Surprise! The final health bill OMITS some of Obama’s promises:

It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.
Yet when Democrats unveiled the final, incarnation of their health care bill this week, the proposal was nowhere to be found.

Ditto with several Republican ideas that Obama had said he wanted to include after a televised bipartisan summit last month, including a plan by Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to send investigators disguised as patients to hospitals in search of waste, fraud and abuse.

And those “special deals” that Obama railed against and said he wanted to eliminate? With the exception of two of the most notorious — extra Medicaid money for Nebraska and a carve-out for Florida seniors faced with losing certain extra Medicare benefits — they are all still there.

For the White House, these were the latest unfulfilled commitments related to Obama’s health care proposal, starting with his campaign promise to let C-SPAN cameras film negotiations over the bill. Obama also backed down with little apparent regret on his support for a new government-run insurance plan as part of the legislation, a liberal priority.

Washington D.C. swarmed today with thousands of Tea Protestor groups and affiliates critical of the health care overhaul. Among the speakers was Dr. Milton R. Wolf – Barack Obama’s second cousin:

“Do not tear down the greatest health care delivery system in the world just to re-build it as a subsidiary of the Internal Revenue Service.” ~ Dr. Wolf

The 20 House Democrats who will decide the fate of the healthcare reform bill:

Over the last couple of days, Pelosi has leaned on many skeptical Democrats to vote with her. There are many publicly undecided Democrats, but the Democrats below are the legislators who are key to the success, or failure, of the measure heading to the floor on Sunday.

* Marion Berry (Ark.) Berry is retiring, but he has been critical of the president since announcing his that he would not be seeking reelection. In recent days, Berry has appeared more on the fence than leaning no. Berry is a backer of Stupak’s language. He voted yes on the House health bill last year.

* Rick Boucher (Va.) Boucher is in a tough reelection and his vote is anyone’s guess at this point. Boucher was a no last fall.

* Chris Carney (Pa.) Carney voted for the Stupak language and seemed like a certain no earlier this month. But now he sounds like he will vote yes. On March 19, Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) talked at length with Carney on the House floor. Carney, who is a GOP target this November, voted yes last year.

* Mike McMahon (N.Y.) Many of McMahon’s on-the-fence colleagues in the Empire State have announced their support over the last week. McMahon told The Hill last week he was leaning no. He rejected bill last year.

* Nick Rahall (W. Va.) He is a committee chairman so there is more pressure on him to vote yes. Rahall is pushing hard for Stupak language but won’t get it. He faces a difficult decision. He voted yes in 2009.

* Brian Baird (Wash.) Baird is undecided but because he is retiring, many believe he will vote yes. However, Baird bucked his party by saying the surge in the Iraq war worked. Baird voted no last year and Clyburn is leaning on him to change his vote this time.

* Peter DeFazio (Ore.) DeFazio’s threats to vote no because of Medicare reimbursement issues have to be taken seriously. DeFazio voted for the health bill last year, but he rejected the stimulus and the climate change bill in 2009.

* Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) Kaptur is torn. She wants the Stupak language, but still may vote yes. Others in Ohio delegation have gone yes in recent days, but Kaptur has shown in the past she is not reluctant to go against the grain. One of the few on this list who will sail to reelection, making her vote that much more important. Kaptur voted yes in 2009.

* Henry Cuellar (Texas) Cuellar is undecided. He voted for health bill last year under pressure from the Speaker and the president. Cuellar also voted for climate change but he is a conservative Democrat who has bucked his party in the past. Cuellar said on Fox News that he has not returned calls from the White House, saying he will vote what is best for his district.

* Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.) GOP target who is thought to be in Stupak’s group. She is being leaned on heavily by the Speaker to vote yes. Dahlkemper backed the health measure last year.

* Lincoln Davis (Tenn.) Davis has been very silent, triggering speculation that his expected no vote will go in the yes column. He voted no in 2009.

* Bill Foster (Ill.) Another undecided lawmaker from Illinois. Leadership needed his vote on a controversial ethics package soon after he was sworn into office. A probable yes vote. Foster voted yes on the House measure in 2009.

* John Tanner (Tenn.) Tanner is retiring and has strongly disputed rumors he will be offered a job in the Obama administration if he votes yes. Tanner, a well-respected member of the House, is still publicly undecided. He voted no in 2009.

* Jim Matheson (Utah) Matheson voted no in 2009 and, complicating matters, the White House appointed his brother to a post in the administration. He voted no in committee as well last year. Matheson is expected to win reelection.

* Earl Pomeroy (N.D.) He supported package last year but he wasn’t an easy yes vote. The Ways and Means Committee member, hailing from a red state, is undecided.

* Alan Mollohan (W.Va.) Voted yes in November but now in a much tighter reelection race. Mollohan has been mum on his vote. A complete wild card.

* Glenn Nye (Va.) Nye is in a toss-up race. He voted no last time and his vote will go a long way in determining whether Democratic leaders get the votes.

* Zack Space (Ohio) Space is undecided. Other Ohio Democrats, such as Reps. Betty Sutton and Mary Jo Kilroy, have gone from undecided to yes. He supported the House bill in 2009.

* Ciro Rodriguez (Texas) Rodriguez is considered more likely than not to vote yes but he did vote for the Stupak language. Rodriguez voted yes last year.

* Paul Kanjorski (Pa.) Kanjorski, a GOP target this cycle, was one of four House Democrats to reject education bill that will move with healthcare reform as part of reconciliation. Kanjorski voted yes last year after voting for Stupak language.

Among the speakers protesting Obamacare in D.C. today, actor/patriot Jon Voight predicted that Obama will be a one-term president:

“I can only pray to God that each and every one of you -- and I’m talking to all the people inside now (motioning to the Capitol building) that each and every one of you finds the will, the strength, the courage to turn your back on this destruction of America.” ~ Jon Voight

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Tea Party protestors will hold a candlight vigil in D.C. later this evening.

If Obamacare passes, 150 bureaucracies and agencies will be overseeing YOUR health care.

Let’s give it one last effort! Click here to ‘Say No To Obamacare’ by clicking on the big, blue button in the top right hand corner of this site. A quick form will come up. You fill it out and it e-mails your Member of Congress and automatically is sent on to 58 Blue Dog Democrats as well. Phone numbers to call are also listed.

Update:Even the Administration’s Chief Actuary at HHS cannot provide cost analysis of latest Democrat health spending bill before the vote.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama administration’s chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) notified Republican leaders Saturday that the “very tight time frame” and “complexity” of the Democrats’ health spending bill would prevent them from fully analyzing the costs and efficacy of the bill before the House voted on the legislation. The letter was in response to a request from House and Senate Republicans.

The Chief Actuary, Richard S. Foster, wrote: “In your letter, you requested that we provide the updated actuarial estimates in time for your review prior to the expected House debate and vote on this legislation on March 21,2010. I regret that my staff and I will not be able to prepare our analysis within this very tight time frame, due to the complexity of the legislation.”

Foster and his staff analyzed the Senate-passed bill and determined that it bent the cost curve up, estimating in a January 8 report that national health expenditures would increase by an estimated total of $222 billion, and that the additional demand for health services “could be difficult to meet” and “could lead to price increases, cost-shifting, and/or changes in providers’ willingness to treat patients with low-reimbursement health coverage.” Foster, in his letter today, expects the new health spending bill to be “generally similar.”

House Republican Leader John Boehner said: “The House of Representatives should not vote blindly on an issue that is so important to every American. We deserve to have all the facts about how much this bill raise health care costs before we vote. The decision to press ahead and jam this bill down the throats of the American people is just one more example of arrogance and irresponsibility from Washington Democrats.”

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said: “Americans deserve to have a full analysis of this bill, but won’t because of the mad dash forced by the Democrat leaders in the House. We now know that even the Obama administration’s chief actuary predicts more government spending, more price increases for consumers and less care for low-income patients. This debate was supposed about lowering costs for Americans not making things worse.”

*SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE* -- Ross
Vote Day Whip Count, A.M. Edition: Still 210 Read it and then take some last minute action to convince the undecideds to vote against the bill at CODE RED.

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